1887 San Francisco Giants roster

20 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1887 MLB season.

1887 Giants roster: batting

1887 San Francisco Giants batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Roger Connor12747111313417043.285.392.933
George Gore111459951331039.290.358.711
Danny Richardson122450791253041.278.337.721
Mike Tiernan1034078211710028.287.344.796
Jim O'rourke103397731133046.285.352.762
Buck Ewing7731883976026.305.370.867
Pete Gillespie7629540783037.264.304.650
Mike Dorgan7128341730022.258.302.596
Willard Brown4917017370010.218.273.532
Pat Deasley301181237003.314.367.723
John Rainey1758617000.293.349.694
Pat Murphy1756412001.214.241.491
Bill George135369002.170.185.355
Mike Mattimore83258001.250.250.531
Gil Hatfield2723000.429.4291.000
Roger Carey1400000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1887 Giants roster: pitching

1887 San Francisco Giants pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Tim KeefeP565635193.12476.21891.120
Mickey WelchP404022153.36346.01151.240
Bill SwabachP22025.0616.062.060
John RoachP110111.258.032.750

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.